Definition in Greek Philosophy
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
- 556p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Plato on Definition Carried away in the Euthyphro..........31 Explanation and Essence in Plato`s Phaedo................62 The paradox in the Meno and Aristotle`s Attempts to Resolve it......................115 Definition and division in Plato`s Sophist........151 Division and Definition in Plato`s Sophist and Stateman................172 2. Aristotle on Definition Aristotle on Essence and defining -Phrase in his Dialectic ..............203 Nominal Definition in Aristotle .............252 Definition and explanation in the Posterior Analytics and Metaphisics...........286 Bios and Explanatory unity in Aristotle`s Biology..............329 3. Post-Aristotelian writers on Definition The stocis on Definition .......450 Essence and cause in Plotinus Ennead VI.7....................467 Sceptical Enquiry............493